Tennis in Scotland was introduced from France in the

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. During the 20th century it was a minor sport, but has obtained some prominence due to the successes of

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...

and other Scots. While tennis courts are not uncommon, the country's

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has made it historically quite hard for Scottish players to develop. The only tennis inductee into the

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. However, since 2008, Tennis Scotland's membership has increased from 32,715 to 47,657 - a rise of more than 45 per cent. Unlike

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and

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, Scotland competes as part of Great Britain in tennis; however, its contribution to the pool of British players traditionally has been very poor in the modern era with almost all notable players being English. However, this has taken an abrupt turn in recent years with emergence of

, and doubles players

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and

Jamie Murray Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...

. Andy Murray is by some distance the best player currently representing Britain as the UK number 1 and is also the world number 1. On 7 July 2013 he became the first British player to win the men's singles at

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since

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in 1936, 77 years before. Brother Jamie and won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title along with Serbian

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in 2007, the first time any British player had won a major title at Wimbledon in 20 years. Colin Fleming along with his English partner

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is currently ranked 9th in the ATP Doubles Team Rankings. There are no official ATP/WTA tournaments in Scotland however, with all major events in the UK being held in England.

Governing body

The governing body is Tennis Scotland founded as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association in 1895, which is based in

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. It has frequently seen itself as a subset of British tennis, rather than a national body in its own right.

History

Medieval history

Tennis in its earlier forms was introduced into Scotland from France in the Middle Ages. It was traditionally known as "caitch" or "cache" in Scotland, and is an ancestor of the better known form of tennis.

James IV of Scotland James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...

played tennis with the Spanish ambassador

Pedro de Ayala Don Pedro de Ayala also Pedro López Ayala (died 31 January 1513) was a 16th-century Spanish diplomat employed by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile at the courts of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England. His mission to S ...

Stirling Castle Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological ...

on 10 April 1498. The

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is claimed to be the oldest tennis court in the world.

19th century

In the nineteenth century, tennis was a fairly exclusive sport, with high level participation being mainly by the upper classes. Scotland produced two Wimbledon men's champions in this period,

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and

Harold Mahony Harold Segerson Mahony (13 February 1867 – 27 June 1905) was a Scottish-born Irish tennis player who is best known for winning the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. His career lasted from 1888 until his death in 1905. Maho ...

. However, to complicate matters, Lawford was born in England but died in Scotland, and Mahony was Scottish born, but died in

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, where his family were from. Herbert Lawford (15 May 1851 – 20 April 1925) was once co-World No. 1

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player and won the Men's Singles championship at

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, and was runner-up five times. Harold Mahony is best known for winning the

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in 1896. He was born at 21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to Richard John Mahony, an Irish barrister and prominent landowner. The family had a home in Scotland but spent most of their time at Dromore Castle, in

, Ireland. Harold trained on a specially built tennis court at Dromore. Mahony was also a successful Olympian. At the

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in Paris (France) he won a silver medal in the men's singles event and a bronze medal in the doubles tournament (for Great Britain and Ireland). Mahoney won the

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in 1899, defeating

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in the final, and in 1904, defeating

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in the final. The Scottish sporting all-rounder

Leslie Balfour-Melville Leslie Balfour-Melville (9 March 1854 – 17 July 1937), born Leslie Balfour, was a Scottish amateur sportsman, serving as captain, opening batsman, and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team. Balfour-Melville was also an inter ...

also played tennis, but this is not as significant as his golf, cricket and rugby credentials.

Patrick Bowes-Lyon Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946) was a British tennis player, barrister and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Career He won the Scottish Championships in 1885, 1886 and 1888, he won the doubles ...

, a relative of

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was

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tennis champion in 1885, 1886 and 1888, he won the doubles at

alongside

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20th century

In the 20th century, particularly the latter half, tennis became less socially stratified. However, even in the 1970s, the quality of Scottish tennis was seen as low, even featuring in a

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sketch as being "well known as the worst tennis-playing nation on Earth". In this sketch,

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turn people into Scotsmen in order to win Wimbledon: :"''So these blancmanges, blancmange-shaped creatures come from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda. They order 48,000,000 kilts from a Scottish menswear shop ... turn the population of England into Scotsmen (well known as the worst tennis-playing nation on Earth) thus leaving England empty during Wimbledon fortnight! Empty during Wimbledon fortnight ... what's more the papers are full of reports of blancmanges appearing on tennis courts up and down the country - practising. This can only mean one thing! They mean to win Wimbledon!''" Ian Collins (1903 – 1975) In 1927 he made his Wimbledon debut, the first of 12 Wimbledon Championships that he entered. He missed the Championship in 1933 after injuring himself riding, but appeared in the event every other time until 1939. His Davis Cup partnership with

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proved successful as they were undefeated in their six matches together, in 1929 and 1930. They also combined in major tournaments and made the finals of both the Australian Championship and Wimbledon in 1929. Collins and Gregory lost to Jack Crawford and Harry Hopman in the Australian final 6–1, 6–8, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, but beat them in the 1930 Davis Cup. They narrowly lost the Wimbledon final in another five setter, to

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and

John Van Ryn John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison. Van Ryn won the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon three straight years (1929–31). He t ...

, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 10–12, 6–4. Collins was also a mixed doubles finalist in the 1929 Wimbledon Championship and again in 1931. As a singles player, Collins had his best showing in 1930 when he reached the fourth round, before being eliminated by

Bunny Austin Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000) was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a finalist ...

. The following year he had the best win of his career when he defeated number one seed

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in the second round of the 1931 Wimbledon Championship, 6–2, 8–6, 0–6, 6–3.

(1947–1992) was the

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finalist in both Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles;

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semi-finalist in Singles;

semi-finalist in Women's Doubles, and quarter-finalist in Singles. George Kelly took up tennis after his retirement from

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. Kelly started playing Tennis with

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and the pair almost made the 1970

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(1869 –1934) is another example of a Scottish tennis player better known for another sport, in this case curling. With partner

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, John Clifton was a doubles runner-up at

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in 1971.ATP World Tour Profile
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and the third round of the men's doubles at the

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(with

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21st century

By the 21st century, Scottish tennis was greatly advanced, thanks partly to the efforts of

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in training up her sons

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and

to international standard. However, it is notable that neither of the Murray brothers came up through the Scottish tennis system, nor indeed the British tennis system, and trained abroad in Spain and the USA.

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-born

Elena Baltacha Elena Sergeevna Baltacha ( uk, Олена Сергіївна Балтача; 14 August 1983 – 4 May 2014) was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term ...

, moved to Scotland as a small child, and is a four-time winner of the Aegon Award, she was also a long-term British number 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012. However, due to her absence from competition, due to knee surgery, as of 17 June 2013 she holds a current world ranking of number 185 and domestic ranking of British number 4. Her career high ranking of world number 49 was achieved on 13 September 2010. In September 2016 the

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semifinal was held at the

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in Glasgow, the

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losing 2–3 to Argentina.

Era of success (2010's)

Singles success

As of 2022, Andy has won three

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singles titles (

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and

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and US Open in

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) and is the only player to win two Olympic Gold medals (

and

). After he beat

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to win his first

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title in

, Andy displaced Djokovic to become number one in the

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world rankings.

Doubles success

His brother Jamie has won seven Grand Slam titles (two men's doubles and five

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). His honours list includes the 2016 Australian and 2016 US Open doubles titles and the

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and

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and

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and 2019 US Open mixed doubles titles.

Davis Cup success

Great Britain won the

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, the nations first success in 79 years since the

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tournament. During the competition, Andy won 11 of his 12 rubbers, which included three doubles wins with Jamie).

Wheelchair tennis

Gordon Reid has been hugely successful as a

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player. In 2016, Reid win the

, and

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singles titles. In addition, he has won 19 Grand Slams in men's wheelchair doubles and three other

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medals.

Clubs

There are currently 251 tennis clubs in Scotland. List of tennis clubs in Scotland by region: *Aberdeenshire (6) *Angus (3) *Argyll (2) *Ayrshire (6) *Dumfriesshire (2) *Dunbartonshire (3) *East Lothian (1)* *Fife (7) *Inverness-shire (1) *Lanarkshire (7) *Midlothian (15) *Moray (2) *Peeblesshire (1) *Perthshire (5) *Renfrewshire (4) *Ross-shire (1) *Stirlingshire (3) *West Lothian (2)

Current Tournaments

The Tennis Scotland (TS Open Tour 2022) leaderboard was introduced in 2018, allowing players to accumulate ranking points and climb the tables whilst competing at events on the circuit throughout the year. In addition to the frontrunners being crowned leaderboard champions, individuals occupying the top 12 spots on the men's and women's rankings also earn the chance to compete at the TS Open Tour Masters event in December. * Ayrshire Open * British Tour Glasgow * British Your Giffnock Open * East Lothian Open * Moir Construction Tayside Open * North East Championships Indoors * Scottish Clay Court Championships * Scottish Indoor Championships * Scottish National Championships * St Andrew's University Open * Stirling University Open * South of Scotland Championships * Tennis Championships of the Highlands * The North East of Scotland Championships * VMH Solicitors East of Scotland * Waverley ROGY Open * West Highland Championships * West of Scotland Open Championships * Whitecraigs Easter Tournament

Former tennis tournaments

Notes: This is a list of former tennis tournaments held in Scotland ''Source:Tennis Archives'' *

Aberdeen Cup The Aberdeen Cup was an annual exhibition tennis tournament held between national teams representing England and Scotland. It was hosted in the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. The tournament was held in 2005 and 2006, but ther ...

-Exhibition-(2005-2006) *Ayrshire-(1947-1966) *Banff-(1951-1958) *Border Lawn Tennis Championships (also known as the Scottish Border Championships)-

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-(1898-1964) * Broughty Ferry Open (1883-1929). *Carnoustie-(1947-1960) * Castle Wemyss Open (1890-1905) * Castle Wemyss Cup (1890-1905) *Central District Open (1949-1954) *Clyde Coast (1964) *Craighelen (1963,1970) * Dewar Cup Edinburgh-(1968-1972) *

Dewar Cup Perth The Dewar Cup Perth was an indoor tennis event held from 1968 through 1969 and played in Perth, Scotland as part of the Dewar Cup circuit of indoor tournaments held throughout the United Kingdom. Results Men's singles Men's doubles Women's ...

-(1968-1969) * Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament-

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-(1880-1885) *East Lothian Championships (1928-1964) * East of Scotland Championships-St Andrews, Edinburgh-(1887-1989) * Edinburgh Cup-(1971-1974) *Edinburgh Hydropathic Tournament-(1905) * Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament-(1886) *Edinburgh University LTC Tournament-(1886-1896) * Four Courts Championship-(1947-1951) * Galashiels Championship/ Galashiels Open-(1884-1920) *Glasgow Exhibition-(1954) *Grantown-on-Spey-(1947-1964) * Inverkip Rovers LTC Tournament (1882-1886) * Inverkip Rovers Open-(1885-1889). * Inverkip Rovers Closed Championships (1882-1888) *Inverness-(1951) * Lanarkshire Championships (1886-1999) *Liberton-(1904-1906) *Melrose-(1887) *Montrose-(1947-1956) *Newton Stewart-(1957) *North Angus-(1957-1964) *North Berwick-(1905) *North of Forth-(1947-1951) * North of Scotland Championships-(1889-1989) *North East of Scotland Championships-(1953-1957) *Pitlochry-(1905) * Renfrewshire Championships-Paisley-(1947-1954) * Scottish Championships-(1877-1994) *Scottish Central Championships (1906-1954) * Rothesay Lawn Tennis Tournament-(1885-1887) *Scottish Central District Open (1955-1965) * Scottish Covered Courts Championships-(1962-1970) * Scottish Covered Courts Tennis Championships (1971-84) *Scottish Grass Courts-(1947-1960) *

Scottish Hard Court Championships The Scottish Hard Court Championships its original name also called Scottish Hard Championships was a tennis event held from 1923 through 1994 in Scotland. History The Scottish Hard Court Championships was first played at the St Andrews Lawn T ...

-(1923-1994) * Scottish Highland Championships-(1896-1981) * Scottish Lowlands Championships-(1933-1949) * Scottish Midlands Championships-(1947-1963) *Scottish Northern Championships-Elgin-(1892-1962) * South of Scotland Championships-Moffat-(1882-1967) *Stanraer-(1893) *Stonehaven-(1948-1964) * Warriston Park LTC Tournament (1886-1908). * West of Scotland Championships-(1882-1982) * West Teviotdale (Hawick) Open-(1883-1887) * Wemyss Bay Tennis Tournament (1882-1905) * Whitehouse Open-Edinburgh-(1884-1899). * WTA Doubles Championships-Edinburgh-(1995-1997)

References

External links

*http://www3.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/scotland/ *http://www.tennisarchives.com *https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ *http://tennishub.co.uk/tennis-clubs-by-region/Scotland {{Europe topic, Tennis in